Henry the 9 is a British film completed in 2010 and directed by Seumas Next

Seumas Next

Seumas Next is an Australian-born film maker presently living in London. He is the co-founder of film-production company Occidental Films and distributor Hollywood Arthouse.-Early life:...

, Mark Wilenkin and Stephan Kern (also the co-writer). Controversially, Henry the 9 depicts the assassination of the British Royal Family and Prime Minister in a terrorist attack that only Prince Harry survives. Prince Harry (real name Henry) is crowned King Henry IX and, suspending parliament, takes absolute control of the Commonwealth.

The writers based the film on Plato's Republic, and the dialogue is heavily influenced by Martin Luther King, Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel...

, George Orwell

George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...

, John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

, Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

, Lord Tennyson, Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

, George Washington

George Washington

George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

 and Paul Burrell

Paul Burrell

Paul Burrell, RVM is a former servant of the British Royal Household. He was a footman for Queen Elizabeth II and later butler to Diana, Princess of Wales...

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Harry becomes known as Henry the 9 because it is his weapon of choice (9mm) and the film stars Olivier award-winning Christopher Green

Chris Green (writer/performer)

Christopher Green is a writer and performer whose work covers comedy, cabaret, theatre and live art. Green was born in Matlock, Derbyshire, grew up in Darley Dale and lives and works in London, England.-Background:...

 as Prince Harry and Sam Bonner as Newsreader Raphaella Folly.

A rough-cut of Henry the 9 previewed at the Covent Garden Hotel in London on June 24, 2009, the 500th Anniversary of Henry VIII’s Coronation. Seumas dedicated the film to his great uncle Henry Norris, beheaded by Henry VIII for his alleged affair with Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn ;c.1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of Henry VIII of England and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the...

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